CLASS 3rd SYLLABUS & SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Land and aquatic animals, The Plant Kingdom, The Animal Kingdom, Human Body, Our Environment, Natural
Resources, The Universe, Our Safety and First Aid, Motion Transport and Travel, General and Applied Science.
The Actual Question Paper Contains 40 Questions. The Duration of the Test Paper is 60 Minutes.

1. What will happen in the given condition

shown in the figure below?

3. Which one of the following animals can

breathe in air as well as in water also?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

Freezing of water
Condensation of water
Evaporation of water
None of these

2. What precaution you should take while

working in the lab?
(A) Dont concentrate too much.
(B) Dont touch unknown chemicals
(C) Conduct experiment some times
against rule
(D) All of these
(E) None of these

None of these

4. In mountain regions, terrace farming is

done to control which one of the
following natural phenomena?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Deposition
Soil erosion
Photosynthesis
All of these
None of these

5. Which one of the following is wrongly

placed in the given table?

8. Match the following :

1. Carnivorous eats (A) Gives milk
2. Cow
(B) Flesh
3. Snake
(C) Both plant and flesh
4. Omnivorous eats (D) Lives on land
5. Land animal
(E) Crawls

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Birds
Insects
Reptiles
Eagle
None of these

6. A student takes a balloon and fills it with

air. What will he notice?
(A) He will notice that the mass of the
balloon remains same.
(B) He will notice that the mass of the
balloon is increased.
(C) He will notice that the mass of the
balloon is decreased.
(D) He will notice that the mass of the
balloon is decreased by of the initial
mass of the balloon.
(E) None of these
7. The following are the properties of a
liquid.
1.
It is tasteless.
2.
It exists in all three forms.
3.
It boils at 100C.
4.
It freezes at 0C.
5.
It is colourless, odourless.
Which one of the following liquids has
the given properties?
(A) Acid
(B) Lemon juice
(C) Water
(D) All of these
(E) None of these

(A)
(B)

1 - C, 2 - A, 3 - E, 4 - B, 5 - D
1 - B, 2 - A, 3 - E, 4 - C, 5 - D

(C) 1 - E, 2 - C, 3 - B, 4 - A, 5 - D
(D) 1 - D, 2 - A, 3 - E, 4 - C, 5 - B
(E) None of these
9. Producers are called autotrophs and
consumers are called heterotrophs.
Categorized the following as autotrophs
and heterotrophs:
Mango tree, Lion, Cactus, Pine, Man
(A) Autotrophs : Mango tree, Cactus,
Man, Heterotrophs : Lion, Pine
(B) Autotrophs : Mango tree, Cactus,
Pine, Heterotrophs : Lion, Man
(C)

Autotrophs : Lion, Cactus, Man,

Heterotrophs : Mango tree, Pine

(D) Autotrophs : Mango tree, Pine, Man,

Heterotrophs : Lion, Cactus
(E) None of these
10. Which one of the following birds uses its
beak to make hole in the tree trunk?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

None of these

11. Plants not only give us oxygen but also

absorb poisonous______.
(A) Water
(B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Oil
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
12. When we touch a hot object we withdraw
our hand automatically. What is it called?
(A) Reflex action
(B) General action
(C) Natural action
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
13. Codi fills tap water in a glass. He finds that
the shape of the water is that of glass.
Again he pours the same water in a bowl.
He is surprised to see that the same
amount of water has gained the shape of
bowl. What conclusion can he draws from
the above experiment?
(A) Water has fixed shape
(B) Water acquires the shape of the
container in which it is kept
(C) Water has strong physical structure

(D) All of these

(E) None of these
14. Chewing the cud phenomena is shown
in which one of the following animals?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

None of these

15. Which one of the following is called the

cold blooded animal?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D) All of these

(E)

None of these

ANSWERS
1.
9.

(C) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8.

(B) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (A)

(B)